Gamé, Tahoua (Paleocene to of Niger)

Where: Niger (14.5° N, 6.1° E: paleocoordinates 6.3° N, 0.6° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Paleocene to Paleocene (66.0 - 47.8 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From unknown lithostratigraphic unit. AGE: Eary Eocene according to Miller (1951) but that age was assigned prior the . STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position in local section.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified limestone

• ENVIRONMENT: Shallow marine carbonate setting.
• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Limestone. LITHIFICATION: Lithified, on the basis of figured specimens.

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast, mold/impression

Collected by Moll; reposited in the MNHN

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

• COLLECTOR: Mission of Capitaine Moll. REPOSITORY: Not stated in text, but at least some at MNHN.

Primary reference: H. Douvillé. 1920. L'Eocène au Soudan et au Sénégal. Bulletin du Comité d'Etudes Historiques et Scientifiques de l'Afrique Occidentale Française 2:113-171 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 83986: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 13.09.2008, edited by Matthew Clapham

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Limited to specimens informally mentioned in text. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication, with somewhat antiquated nomenclature, though identified to species resolution.
Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae
Gisortia brevis Douvillé 1920 cowry
 Neogastropoda -
Heligmotenia molli Douvillé 1920 snail
Cephalopoda
 Nautilida - Hercoglossidae
"Nautilus molli" = Deltoidonautilus molli
"Nautilus molli" = Deltoidonautilus molli Douvillé 1920 nautiloid